Wien: Zamacaki & Dittmaracis, 1859. Hardcover. Contemporary calf. Worn with spine torn and worn. Boards crudely repaired. One page with a cut through half the leaf. Frontispiece with the image of Moses with the light shining from his head. Probably part of a larger work. 8vo - over 7¾ -.....
1816. No Binding. A folio leaf broadside listing births, marriages and deaths in the Jewish community in Oettingen, Germany. A fresh clean copy. Folio - over 12 - 15" tall.
Sulzbach: H. Frankschen, 1845. Hardcover. 24p; 26p; 272p; 22p. Contemporary quarter calf with paper spine label. Text in German and Hebrew. Binding rubbed with scattered foxing throughout. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall.
Jerusalem: Eshkol Publishing House. 432p, [12].Green end papers and silk bookmark. Metal decorated cover. Some marginal toning to the paper. Prayerbook's liturgy of the Sefardic Jewish community.
Hardcover. [90];[140]. 19th century marbled paper covered boards with a new cloth spine. Marveled end papers. A pre-1850 handwritten copy of the MS "Treatise on Measurement and Calculation" by the medieval Jewish scholar Abraham bar Hiyya, also known by his latin name Savasorda. Very little is known about Abraham bar.....
New York: Holocaust Library, 1985. ix, 390p: xi, 398p. Publishers hardcover. Includes a signed dedication by Elie Weisel in both volumes. Small scratch mark on the rear board to volume 2.
New York: American Federation for Polish Jews, 1944. 80p. Wrappers with stapled spine. A detailed description of events of the armed Jewish resistance in Poland. A well-preserved copy.
London: Office of the Chief Rabbi, 1940. 8p. Printed wrapper with a stapled spine. A specifically authored prayer for the victory of the Allied forces in the war against Nazi Germany. Rabbi Joseph. Hertz (1872-1946) was a a British Rabbi and biblical scholar. He held the position of Chief Rabbi.....
Halle: Halle: Curti Haered, 1793, 1793. Contemporary Calf. Contemporary Calf. 8vo. Engraved portrait of Johannes Simonis. [1], xii, 1766p. The first introduction includes a biography of Johannes Simonis with a bibliographical listing of his works. Third edition of Simonis Lexicon, edited by the Johan God. Eichorn. Calf worn and rubbed.....
London: Abel Roper, and are to be sold by George Sawbridge, 1693. Engraved frontispiece, [8], 854p. [34]. Contemporary paneled calf. Professionally rebacked preserving the original spine label. Lacks the foldout map and the inserted engraved plate prior to the second work. Otherwise complete with engravings in the text and internally.....
New York: William Durell, 1794. Hardcover. vi, 723p, [3]. Contemporary calf rebacked with a new spine and end papers. Complete with 60 engraved plates whereof two are maps and one folding plan of Jerusalem. The plates' American engravers included Anderson, Tiebout, Doolittle, Rollison, Allen and Turner. Just as the first.....
Leipzig: Heirs of Frederick Lankisii, 1684. Frontispiece [10], 1152p, [112]; [12], 288p, [12]. Contemporary vellum over boards. John Lightfoot (1602-1675) was an English churchman and rabbinical scholar as well as Vice-Chancellor of University of Cambridge. Lowndes' p1859 remarks that "the writings of Dr. Lightfoot are an invaluable treasure for the.....
Halle: Wäysen-Hause, 1737. Soft cover. [16], 124p, [12]. Two foldout plates. Contemporary dark blue wrappers. A work on the hebrew accent by the German Christian theologian and Hebraist Johann Heinrich Michaelis (1668 - 1738). The sixth edition, but despite all, still rather scarce. Some light foxing throughout and preliminary leaves.....
Philadelphia: The Jewish Publication Society of America, 1942. Frontispiece, xxxi, 286p: Frontispiece, ix, 399p. Publishers blue cloth. Abraham A. Neuman (1890-1970) was an American Rabbi, College President and historian. Light general wear to the headband otherwise internally clean.
London: E. J. Knight. Soft cover. Nine issues covering the period 1891- 1893. Stitched spines. Issues include #1, July 1891; #3 September 1891; #4 October 1891; #7 January 1892; #8 February 1892; #10 April 1892; #11 May 1892; #13 February 1893; #15 August 1893. Some soiling to the paper and.....
Mansfield Centre, CT: Martino Publishing, 1999. 486p, 11p. Publishers cloth over boards. A reprint of the 1926 edition. Fresh clean copy.
Lugduni Batavorum: Luchtmans, 1761. Hardcover. [12], 648, [58]. Contemporary vellum stamped in blind on the boards. First printed in 1724 & 38. The author, Albert Schultens, (1686 ¿ 1750), was a Dutch phiologist. He was Professor of Oriental Languages at Leyden from 1732 until his death. He was also the.....
Privately printed, 1985. 82p, Publishers cloth over boards. All text printed on the recto. LIMITED TO 100 COPIES. A very scarce biographical study of Rabbis and Jewish scholars in Poland using, among things original source records. Some discoloration to lower corners on the front and rear boards. Internally clean.
Mansfield Centre, CT: Martino Publishing, 1998. cxxxi, 1592col: 1595-3104 col, lc, vii, 32p. Publishers cloth over boards. A reprint in 150 copies of this monumental bibliographical catalog listing of Hebrew books and manuscripts at the Bodleian Library. A fresh clean set.
Lund: Akademitryckeriet, 1825. Hardcover. 261p. One foldout plate. Contemporary Swedish half calf over marbleized boards with a gilt ruled spine and burgundy morocco label. The rather uncommon first edition by the noted linguist Hampus Kristoffer Tullberg (1797-1896), who also advocated a belief that spelling should be determined based on pronunciation.....